Aug 22 2021   Pentecost 13    Ephesians 6:10 – 20

Aug 22 2021 Pentecost 13 Ephesians 6:10 – 20

A final invitation for the community of Ephesus in drawing on the strengths of faith to stand tall and to withstand all that might come try and pull them apart. Paul uses imagery to help them understand how to draw on the strengths of faith to stand fast.  There is...
Aug 15 2021   Pentecost 12   John 6:51 – 58

Aug 15 2021 Pentecost 12 John 6:51 – 58

This comes to us as one of John’s “I am” statements.  Jesus makes a statement about who he is.  I am life.  I am the living bread.  Living bread . . . . a strange concept to grab hold of.  The disciples would not yet have had the gathering around the last supper where...
August 8 2021   Pentecost 11                Psalm 130

August 8 2021 Pentecost 11 Psalm 130

Crying from the depths to God.  When has your soul felt deep anguish?  When have you felt the depth of loneliness, of pain that feels beyond repair? This Psalm invites us to hold the deep crying we experience in life.  We can in those moments have a language for our...